In a church it is simply a bookrest on which a Bible is kept and from where readings from The Bible are read. In any lecture hall or similar place lecterns are used to hold a speaker's notes or speech.
A lectern is only important if you are speaking from notes. If you do that, you need something to put your notes on while you speak.
Oxford Lectern Bible was created in 1935.
Oblong means that something is elongated. Examples are a rectangle and an oval. An oblong pulpit lectern would be a lectern that is elongated in shape.
The correct spelling of "lectern" is l-e-c-t-e-r-n.
A computer lectern allows a professor to put his or her laptop on the lectern while conducting a lecture. Lecterns can be purchased at retailers such as Office Max.
A reading desk in a Church is usually referred to as a lectern.
A lectern is a sloping upright reading stand - they are used in Churches or for public speaking such as a debate.
A podium. Which, increasingly, people are getting confused with a "lectern". You stand ON a podium. You stand BEHIND a lectern.
Below the alter are the pulpit and lectern, a stand on which the Bible rests and from which Bible readings are given.
When you speak before a group, a lectern is useful for holding your notes and hiding the coffee stain on your shirt.
A lectern.
A lectern.
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